My volume slider under windows 7 keeps going down automatically.

Anonymous
2009-11-09T21:45:41+00:00

I have tried clean boot,new user profile,virus scan.checked sound card settings,got the drivers updated from toshiba for sound card and the touch pad on the laptop. I have also tried connecting an optical mouse which didnt helped.

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Anonymous
2013-10-28T02:41:21+00:00

hi, I just had the same problem, my computer either moved the volume automaticaly all the way up or down, but never let me do the adjustments.

My computer does have a realtek audio card but that wasn't the problem.   The solution for me was to uninstall the keyboard and restart the computer.  The keyboard was installed automaticaly on reboot and it all worked perfectly.

Hope this helps.

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2009-11-12T19:39:01+00:00

Hi Vaibahav5555,

Welcome to Microsoft Answers.

We would like to get a better understanding of this issue so we can better assist not only you but other users with similar problems as well. 

Uninstall realtek manager and check if the problem is resolved.

Check for any other software that is running and set to 'mute'. The slider only displays the status of the volume mixer device, and the device itself is shared between all the programs - if any of them changes the volume, others should move their sliders accordingly. If one program keeps muting the volume, setting it in another won't help.

Also check whether (if you have a laptop or a multimedia keyboard) the 'volume down' key is stuck.

Hope this information is helpful.

Thank you and Regards.           

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-10-25T04:26:38+00:00

    I found the solution tonight for my problem with this. It's actually a bunch of problems all rolled together.

    1. Alt-Tab does not work. It flashes up and disappears.
    2. Can not Highlight any text using the mouse
    3. Can not Click on a task bar icon and select from list of grouped window previews
    4. Volume control slider keeps going down to zero by itself

    I have a fancy Dell keyboard, model SK-8135, with a bunch of "media control buttons" along the top of the keyboard... including a rotary volume control knob that I never use. After rotating the volume knob a couple of clicks, the problems stop...... the volume control stops moving by itself, Alt-Tab works again, I can highlight text again, and I can select grouped windows from the task bar.

    If anyone else has this problem, I recommend you examine the front of your computer and your keyboard and mouse devices for "volume up/down/mute" buttons (laptops often have these above the keyboard) as well as any additional buttons that open email or calculator or something

    Go along and press each one of these keys a couple times, to "exercise" them. It is possible that one of them is stuck in the pressed or active state, and so it is sending a continuous stream of "keypresses" to your computer.

    (It would be useful if there were a diagnostic tool that can report all "keypress data" being sent to the computer from any device, but I am not aware of anything like that.)

    • Dale Mahalko, Gilman, WI

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-01T06:23:16+00:00

    Spot on...I had the same problem in Windows 7...which was progressively getting worse as it was beginning to affect anything that used a graphic slider control..tried Restoring etc...nothing worked....I too was using a Logitech mouse for my Lenovo Laptop...In my case the mouse was an M505...I replaced the mouse temporarily with an older USB wired mouse (Belkin) I had saved for a rainy day...as a backup...Shut down and restarted my computer so it could see the mouse device (which is doing the POST test...Power On Self Test)...and Voila!  Problem resolved...Thank God and nk123_123...Bless you friend!!!   PS...Need to buy a new optical mouse...lol...3 years is a pretty long time for a mouse...especially as much as I use mine...Wish all here success.  Have a blessed day...God is sooo good!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-08-24T14:24:28+00:00

    I figured out the problem on my computer. It is caused by a mouse that is plugged in to the computer via a usb port.

    The mouse I had trouble with was a Logitech model.

    By changing to Microsoft mouse it resolved the problem.

    Good Luck to all.

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